Overview

• Mie Onishi said Hollywood executives often ask “Can’t you make this as an anime?” based on the belief that animation costs less than live action.
• She stressed that anime is a production method rather than a genre and cautioned against converting every property into animation.
• Noritaka Kawaguchi highlighted that producing a high-quality anime can cost around 30 billion yen, a figure comparable to many live-action film budgets.
• They noted that the rise in adaptations of Western franchises has created an overwhelming volume of anime projects for creators to follow.
• Reddit users backed their stance by criticizing Hollywood’s narrow view of anime and defending the art form’s complexity.